DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. (WAFF) – A federal grand jury in Huntsville has charged a Chattanooga man with assaulting a DeKalb County corrections officer, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona.
A one-count indictment filed in U.S. District Court charges 31-year-old Thomas Elliott, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, with forcibly assaulting a corrections officer.
According to the indictment, in November 2025, Elliott assaulted a DeKalb County Sheriff’s Corrections Officer. The assault occurred at the DeKalb County Detention Center…